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Payless ShoeSource reviews

4.0

63% would recommend to a friend

(2,725 total reviews)

Paul Jones

87% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Payless ShoeSource has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,725 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Payless ShoeSource employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
4.0
Jun 16, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

very flexible. very helpful customer journey that will help you in life GREAT discounts

Cons

felt like they care more about the money not as personal and touchy with employes not as much reward !

2.0
Jun 1, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- the customers, you meet a lot of good hardworking people from all over - incentives to reach conversion, upt, dpt and sales goals - ability to move up

Cons

- poor, criticising management - poor involvement with community - little to no input for managers or sales associates to help with decision making or changes within the corporation - no forwarning of changes - poor feedback system - no benefits - poor support system - poor communication between higher senior management and chain stores

2.0
May 25, 2010

Payless

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The discount is great and once a month you can use a "Fashion First" discount, which is 50% off one item. The people I work with are great, but there are issues with the manager at the branch I currently work at. I was employed at another store before I transferred to my current location and I absolutely loved it there: the manager was great and I looked forward to going to work.

Cons

The customers can get really snooty and annoyed if you're constantly in their face, but Payless has something called the "Customer Journey" which is a step by step process of what you have to do with the customer (greet, explain promotion, show a shoe, suggest try on, compliment, suggest to look elsewhere, suggest additional items like socks, purses, and other accessories) and if your manager is a stickler about it like mine, it can be a huge pain. Also, there's a huge emphasis on your "numbers" (conversion percentage, upts, return percentage, etc) and if you don't have good numbers for the week, don't expect a lot of hours.

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